15. The Last Viceroy of India

Empire: World History

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🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode, Anita and William are joined by Alex von Tunzelmann to discuss Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India. Listen in to hear all about his superstar marriage to Edwina Ashley, his relationships with key figures such as Nehru and Jinnah, and the role he played in the partition of India. To get your free two week trial for Find my past, go to www.findmypast.co.uk and sign up. LRB Empire offer: lrb.me/empire Twitter: @Empirepoduk Goalhangerpodcasts.com Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.1	W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and
0:32.8	welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnan and me
0:34.9	William Durham.
0:36.4	Just so so difficult anyway.
0:40.0	In the previous episode we were talking about Jinnah and in this episode we're going to be talking
0:44.8	about one of the other key figures who is, plays a really important part in the end of
0:50.1	the British Raj in India, the last Viceroy of India. He was the man who oversaw partition. He was also a seminal influence in now King Charles's life.
1:02.0	I'm talking of course a Louis Mount Baton.
1:04.3	And this week we're very lucky to be joined
1:06.1	by the fantastic Alex von Tunselman.
1:09.5	Alex has written countless very good books. Indian Summer remains I think.
1:14.4	I love it.
1:15.4	It's such a good book.
1:16.4	It's been on the bestseller list for an annoying length of time.
1:19.6	But anyway, Alex is just super.
1:22.4	And Alex, a good way into this story is I think to discuss Lord Mount
1:28.7	Button and his marriage to the then Edwina Ashley because both were superstars of their day weren't they so
1:36.1	tell us a bit more about them. Well yes and it was the Society of Wedding of
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